TURLOCK, CA - Local police are asking for the community's help in locating 16-year-old Karissa Schell, missing since April 21, 2011.
Turlock Police spokesman Sgt. Nino Amirfar said Schell was initially reported as a runaway on April 21, but has not been seen or heard from since she left a friend's house in the pre-dawn hours that day.
Schell is described as white, about 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds. She has brown hair and eyes but occasionally dyes her hair and wears colored contact lenses, said Amirfar. She was last seen wearing a black and gray t-shirt with blue jeans. Amirfar said Schell has dimple piercings and a tattoo of a pair of lips on her neck.
Anyone with information about Schell's whereabouts should contact the Turlock Police Detective Brandon Bertram at (209) 664-7323.
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